From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Mary Stewart, Annie M. Stewart, and several citizens of Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Mary and Annie Stewart's dry goods business be exempted from the business tax, as they lost most of their belongings during Van Dorn's raid in 1862.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. Shannon at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, enclosing a list of those businesspeople in the city who cannot pay the full tax owed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Isabella Jefferson at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the taxes on her business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Looxahoma, Mississippi, requesting that James O. Meriwether be exempted from Confederate Military service because of his plantation overseer duties.